BUDGET Gaming Build

[ZeePeeTaylor]

Hey there! 

 

So my partner is looking into building herself her first PC, as an upgrade from her Core Pentium laptop. 

 

We're estimating a budget of around £500 (about $700 give or take). Would would you guys suggest for a budget gaming build? 

 

I've personally only got an i5-7500 w/ an EVGA GTX 1050 Ti SC. I was suggesting to get her the new 8th i3, as it can easily out-perform my CPU, and for under £100, it's almost a no brainer.

For me anyway, you guys are the experts ?

So yeah, if you guys could suggest some cheap but we'll running configs, let me know? 

 

Thank you! 

 

(P.S, she'll be using it for games at 1080P, preferably 60fps, not highly demanding games, just casual multiplayers that we can play together (Fortnite, Rocket League etc.) School work and potentially light video editing too. The case of choice will probably be the Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L as it won't take up much room on her desk. She is kind of concerned about looks, as I'm sure we all are, but if there's a better, cheaper, mATX case out there then please tell us! Thanks!)

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[AskTJ]

Your best option is to go for a Ryzen 2400g. It's an APU that has the best integrated graphics on the market. It does very well in games, even at 1080p. I suggest you buy this config with 8-16GB of ram, DDR4 at 3000MHz at least. Pair it with a decent motherboard and you'll have a good gaming pc. Leave the graphics card out for now as the prices are crazy. They are coming down but we have a while to wait. Consider this.

[LienusLateTips]

To save on the money, to fit a 1050 Ti, I have put the R3 1200 instead.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£69.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£62.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£74.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green  120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: *Inno3D - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Compact Video Card  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £508.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-25 00:26 BST+0100

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, tj_420 said:

Your best option is to go for a Ryzen 2400g. It's an APU that has the best integrated graphics on the market. It does very well in games, even at 1080p. I suggest you buy this config with 8-16GB of ram, DDR4 at 3000MHz at least. Pair it with a decent motherboard and you'll have a good gaming pc. Leave the graphics card out for now as the prices are crazy. They are coming down but we have a while to wait. Consider this.

In the UK they are pretty normal.

 

Meanwhile back in the US the 2400G would be the best option, yes

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£69.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£67.09 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card  (£199.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.36 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £506.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-25 00:27 BST+0100

[lavablade02]

18 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£69.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£67.09 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card  (£199.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.36 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £506.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-25 00:27 BST+0100

I never understood the 1060 3GB. Isn't the 1050Ti better?

[LienusLateTips]

3 minutes ago, lavablade02 said:

I never understood the 1060 3GB. Isn't the 1050Ti better?

In some games where the VRAM is required yes, otherwise the 1060 3GB is better

[GDRRiley]

21 minutes ago, JDE said:

Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.96 @ Amazon UK) 

that case sucks. It struggles to let in enough air for a 1500X and a 1060.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/LRb8J8 fixed it.

[dizmo]

2 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£69.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£67.09 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card  (£199.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.36 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £506.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-25 00:27 BST+0100

Single channel + low speed memory is an awful idea for Ryzen.